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And the first four viewings were within a 21-hour window.
Yeah ... I'm not necessarily proud of it.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 - May 5th, 2017
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And the first four viewings were within a 21-hour window.
Yeah ... I'm not necessarily proud of it.
He was busy challenging Jabba to a pie eating contest.
I have seen this 6 times now, and my 7th is tomorrow. I'm feeling just fine about it. I think we should all do what we want.
That said, every time I see it I get more and more upset that a song in the movie is not actually available anywhere to listen to or purchase.
That said, every time I see it I get more and more upset that a song in the movie is not actually available anywhere to listen to or purchase.
I have seen this 6 times now, and my 7th is tomorrow. I'm feeling just fine about it. I think we should all do what we want.
That said, every time I see it I get more and more upset that a song in the movie is not actually available anywhere to listen to or purchase.
Which one is it?
Weird...nothing on iTunes
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"Trash panda" cracked me the **** up. 
jye4ever
Broke and happy
Kurt Russell's youthification was perfect these older actors have found their cinematic fountain of youth.
They went more Disney era than The Thing era with him.
He said that it was a mix of practical and cgi.
Who's next to be de-aged.
They went more Disney era than The Thing era with him.
He said that it was a mix of practical and cgi.
Who's next to be de-aged.
The Clown Prince of Crime
Super Freak
Maybe they'll de-age Ford for Indiana Jones 2020.
jye4ever
Broke and happy
Hopefully Stallone so he can play a young Rambo
Yeah I can't see Stallone, Arnold, Willis, Travolta passing on this.
Harrison Ford might even jump in!
Wor-Gar beat me to it.
Btw Stallone was wasted in this movie anyone could've played that role.
Set up for Guardians 3?
The Clown Prince of Crime
Super Freak
Hollywood has always been able to de-age... we used to call it recasting.
The Clown Prince of Crime
Super Freak
The best recasting I've seen was **** Sargent from Bewitched. Even the cartoon intro looked similar 
Oh yes, the two Dicks....
Hey, you can say Dicks. Many are OK, but not just one.
Hey, you can say Dicks. Many are OK, but not just one.
batfan08
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I just saw it for the second time, yesterday, and I realized that I never posted about it after seeing the double feature last week. I loved it, I was moved by it; 2017, thus far, has been the year of comic book movies that pack a punch. It's such a weird, off-kilter, I'd hesitate to call it "little" movie, considering the budget, but "little" movie. The humor was there, and it was a movie that really embraced its weirdness and balanced it, well. There was an unsettling quality, I felt, to the mutiny, with the air lock and then Baby Groot being tormented, but they never veered too far over the "edge," and seeing Yondu take vengeance with that magic stick of his, in a weird, bloodthirsty way, leaves you elated, because whatever is happening to them feels earned, and I feel like that speaks to a lot of this movie. It feels earned.
I'll be honest, I didn't entirely not see the Ego thing coming, but, at the same time, I didn't really want to. I mean, from the moment they announced Kurt Russell, I think anyone's natural inclination is to want Star Lord's dad to be more Jack Burton, less Stuntman Mike, and, again, I think the Ego revelation is representative of what makes this film feel so appealing. It felt fresh, and it felt raw, and, at a time when Marvel movies in the Disney Universe were starting to feel stale, James Gunn came along and did for the MCU, as it is currently, what he did for it with Guardians 1: he made a goddamn movie.
I thought it was fantastic. I was worried about being disappointed, but it was refreshing to see an MCU film that made me feel. You love these characters, you love their merry little band of misfits, and you get involved with them and, when Gunn puts them through the wringer, he's taking you with them. You laugh with them, you cry with them; that fear that Baby Groot has as Ego's closing the tunnel around him; I just wanted to reach through the screen and rescue this tiny little computer generated tree, and then to take a character like Yondu, and give Michael Rooker a chance to, basically, star in his own multi-million dollar picture, and boy did he deliver. They managed to take this supporting character from the first film and explore the depth of his character and infuse him with such emotion that, when he makes that ultimate sacrifice to save his son, you feel it. I was very close to crying during the Ravager funeral, and I had chills throughout the entire thing, both times.
Gunn has a talent for being able to take whatever ingredients he has and just milk them for all they're worth. The integration of the original Guardians as members of the Ravager guard paying tribute to their fallen comrade should not have worked as well as it did, but, through Stallone's Stakkar character, the way Yondu's situation is defined, and just his identity as a man who's made mistakes and paid dearly for them, by some miracle, Gunn manages to infuse a moment that could've just as easily been a small "Marvel moment" for the hardcore fans to go "oh, cool," before moving on to the next Easter Egg and make it a pivotal, visceral, emotional validation of who Yondu was, and I thought that was done extremely well.
The music, I felt, worked wonderfully, for the most part, as well. First thing you have to know: I'm biased. 90% of this music is stuff I'm listening to, anyway, so, Gunn already engaged me by appealing to my musical sensibilities, and, frankly, any movie that gets these people looking up Sam Cooke wins the soundtrack department by default, but seriously. The elation I felt watching Baby Groot dance to Mr. Blue Sky was only matched by the way I was moved by Father and Son. The use of Fleetwood Mac's The Chain was a sticking point for me, at first, because I didn't really know if it worked that well when they introduced it, but the payoff, when Quill embraces his power, defined it to a much larger extent, and, ultimately, realized it's role in the film. That entire sequence with Come a Little Bit Closer made Yondu's mass murder of his mutinous Ravagers so much more fun than it, honestly, should have been, but, more than anything, I loved the way they integrated the soundtrack into the plot. Brandy was a real treat and having Ego, basically, use the entire song for his being a genocidal Meredith Quill murdering ******** in a Shatneresque, spoken word exploration of the lyrics was just...so ****ing bizarre.
Honestly, the best sequel to a Marvel movie since The Winter Soldier, and, probably, one of my top MCU films, easily right up there with the first, and, maybe, even higher. I can't speak for everyone, but I loved it, and I'm so glad that it broke the mold of what I'd come to expect of MCU movies.
I'll be honest, I didn't entirely not see the Ego thing coming, but, at the same time, I didn't really want to. I mean, from the moment they announced Kurt Russell, I think anyone's natural inclination is to want Star Lord's dad to be more Jack Burton, less Stuntman Mike, and, again, I think the Ego revelation is representative of what makes this film feel so appealing. It felt fresh, and it felt raw, and, at a time when Marvel movies in the Disney Universe were starting to feel stale, James Gunn came along and did for the MCU, as it is currently, what he did for it with Guardians 1: he made a goddamn movie.
I thought it was fantastic. I was worried about being disappointed, but it was refreshing to see an MCU film that made me feel. You love these characters, you love their merry little band of misfits, and you get involved with them and, when Gunn puts them through the wringer, he's taking you with them. You laugh with them, you cry with them; that fear that Baby Groot has as Ego's closing the tunnel around him; I just wanted to reach through the screen and rescue this tiny little computer generated tree, and then to take a character like Yondu, and give Michael Rooker a chance to, basically, star in his own multi-million dollar picture, and boy did he deliver. They managed to take this supporting character from the first film and explore the depth of his character and infuse him with such emotion that, when he makes that ultimate sacrifice to save his son, you feel it. I was very close to crying during the Ravager funeral, and I had chills throughout the entire thing, both times.
Gunn has a talent for being able to take whatever ingredients he has and just milk them for all they're worth. The integration of the original Guardians as members of the Ravager guard paying tribute to their fallen comrade should not have worked as well as it did, but, through Stallone's Stakkar character, the way Yondu's situation is defined, and just his identity as a man who's made mistakes and paid dearly for them, by some miracle, Gunn manages to infuse a moment that could've just as easily been a small "Marvel moment" for the hardcore fans to go "oh, cool," before moving on to the next Easter Egg and make it a pivotal, visceral, emotional validation of who Yondu was, and I thought that was done extremely well.
The music, I felt, worked wonderfully, for the most part, as well. First thing you have to know: I'm biased. 90% of this music is stuff I'm listening to, anyway, so, Gunn already engaged me by appealing to my musical sensibilities, and, frankly, any movie that gets these people looking up Sam Cooke wins the soundtrack department by default, but seriously. The elation I felt watching Baby Groot dance to Mr. Blue Sky was only matched by the way I was moved by Father and Son. The use of Fleetwood Mac's The Chain was a sticking point for me, at first, because I didn't really know if it worked that well when they introduced it, but the payoff, when Quill embraces his power, defined it to a much larger extent, and, ultimately, realized it's role in the film. That entire sequence with Come a Little Bit Closer made Yondu's mass murder of his mutinous Ravagers so much more fun than it, honestly, should have been, but, more than anything, I loved the way they integrated the soundtrack into the plot. Brandy was a real treat and having Ego, basically, use the entire song for his being a genocidal Meredith Quill murdering ******** in a Shatneresque, spoken word exploration of the lyrics was just...so ****ing bizarre.
Honestly, the best sequel to a Marvel movie since The Winter Soldier, and, probably, one of my top MCU films, easily right up there with the first, and, maybe, even higher. I can't speak for everyone, but I loved it, and I'm so glad that it broke the mold of what I'd come to expect of MCU movies.
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